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The QC, Vol. 80, No. 12 • December 2, 1993

1993_12_02_p001

QUAKER CAMPUS
V*vlnm«T,YYY_ Number 12 V—:^^^^^^^ ^.^.v^wwiSMcsMwa*..:.- —J December 2. 1993
Volume LXXX, Number 12
December 2,1993
MEWS
INSffiE
THE
Presidential Elections
Candidates JaMarr Brown
and Rhonda Ross discuss the
AS.W.C.Presidency, COR,
and student government in
general.
Pg-5
yiEWPOINT
Accreditation Team
Comes to Whittier
Students and faculty suggest
improvements and changes to|
the W.AS.C. Accreditation
Team.
Pg3
FEATURES
Ken Visser Resigns as Head Football
Coach, Search For Replacement Begins
Portraits From Abroad
Amy Raat's final portraits
from abroad, "The Living
Conditions of Russia."
Pg.9
A&E
Preview of One Act
A continuation ofthe one-act
play series will take place
Thurs., Fri. and Sat. at 8:00
p.m.
pg.H
SPORTS
Visser Resigns
Students speak out about
Poet Football Coach Ken
Visser decision to leave
Whittier College.
pg.16
by Vuk Milojkovic
QC Editor-in-Chief
Head football coach Ken
Visser resigned his position
yesterday and accepted the head
coaching job at Chapman
University.
Visser, who helped turn the
Poet football program around,
finished his three-year coaching
career at Whittier with a 10-17
overall record, including a 4-5
mark this season. He managed
to install a winning attitude into
his players and helped the Poets
earn respect from their
conference opponents.
President James Ash
immediately appointed a search
committee, consisting of Vice
President for Academic Affairs
LisaRossbacher.ActingDirector
of Athletics Sherry Calvert,
professor Charles Adams and
alumni Ray Dezember, Dolores
Ball, and John Ball.
The committee has been
given until the end of January to
find a replacement for Visser,
accordingto Calvert. "We will be
conducting a national search
which will include advertising
for the position in the Chronicle
of Higher Education and the
NCAA News. We hope to have a
Jenny Colvillc\QC Photo Editor
The Poets in action
list of candidates and start
interviewing people by the
beginning of the new year,"
Calvert added.
Among reasons for leaving
Whittier, Visser mentioned
Chapman's proximity to his
house, his 15-year-longfriendship
with Chapman Athletic Director,
David Currey, with whom he
coached at Cal State Long Beach,
and personal reasons which he
refused to discuss. He added that
he was excited to start a new
program at Chapman which
currently does not have a football
team.
"President Ash talked to me
and tried to get me to stay, but I
told him about the personal
reasons behind my decision and
he understood them,"Visser said.
He added that financial concerns
were not a part ofhis decision to
leave and that he would have
returned to Whittier next year
had Chapman not made the offer.
"Leaving the players was the
toughest part of my decision
because I respect them a lot. I
hope everyone understands that
I did what I had to do."
Calvert was contacted two
weeks ago by Currey, who
requested and obtained her
permission to talk to Visser.
Campos Fills Newly
Created Position
by Betsy Briggs
QC Assistant News Editor
Becky Campos was recently
hired for the newly created position of Director of Human Resources. Her main function will
be to develop and implement
programs for staff members.
This task had been overseen
in the past by the Vice President
for Business andFinance, Harold
Hewitt.
The College thought it was
necessary for Hewitt to have
someone to work on the Human
Resources and Personnel aspect,
so that more time and attention
could be devoted to improving
and enhancing some of the programs.
"For a long time, I've known
that the College has had to do
something to fund this position,"
Hewittcommented. TheStateof
California has created a host of
regulations that every employer
with 50 or more people must
comply with. Including the law
school, Whittier reaches a total
of over 350 staff and faculty members.
Hewitt clarified, That's a
sizable population to manage,
and when you are attempting to
QC File Photo
After three years at the helm of Poet football, Ken Visser
has moved on to Chapman University
Although Visser's three-year
contract with the school is about
to expire, Calvert said that
contracts are not renewed at
this time ofthe year. "There is
no reason he would not have
been offered a new one. He had
done an admirable job in
rebuilding the program,"
Calvert said.
Visser had not made his
final decision until only a few
days ago. "I wanted the team to
be the first to know. I moved
out of my office quickly because
these things need to be handled
quickly. There are a lot of
variables involved in a decision
like this. You read about coaches
moving to new jobs every day, it's
something that happens a lot
these days," Visser added.
Chapman is currently
applying to join the Southern
Californialnteroollegiate Athletic
Conference (SCIAC) in 1995.
"(Visser) brings experience of a
Division III coach which will help
us move to Div. III. He is known
as a builder of programs and he
has a wonderful respect for young
Please see VISSER pg. 7
comply with California law, it
makes the need for a professional
staff to handle Human Development clear."
Another reason for this need,
according to Hewitt, is because it
is not uncommon for persons who
are as disgruntled as employees
to sueor to createalotof potential
financial concern for the institution.
The only way to deal with
these issues responsibly, he said,
is to have an adequate employment system. "So, the primary
thing that Becky needs to do for
us, and she is fully capable of
doing for us, is to put into place
the fundamentals of an employment system," Hewitt said.
The College needs to
strengthen and update the employment structure by having all
of the positions in the organization evaluated properly and correctly valued, both in terms ofthe
job description and the compensation for the position and making sure they comply with the
California regulations, including
the Family Rights Act.
Campos will be looking at
major projects, like reviewingand
implementing the new compen-
Please see CAMPOS pg. 6
Publications Board
Budgets Approved
by Marcy Holmer
QC Staff Writer
At last week's Publication Board meeting, members
approved almost $65,000 to
fund the campus publications
for the '93-94 school year.
An increase in enrollment
and a slight raise in Student
Activities fees resulted in the
addition of almost $22,000 to
the Publication Board's budget. A percentage of the $88
fee paid by every student is
allocated for use by the Publication Board. The funds are
then distributed into accounts
for each member publication,
which include the Acropolis,
the Quaker Campus, and the
Literary Review.
"Although the Student
Activities fees allocated for
Publication Board use substantially increased this year
with the jump in students,
the increases in budgets reflects the same jump. There
are now more students for the
Board to serve, therefore the
budgets had to increase to
accommodate their needs,"
said senior Stavros
Akrotirianakis, the Publication
Board chair.
Under his direction, the
Board deliberated for two days
before offering approval for the
members'newitemizedbudgets.
Dollarwise, the Acropolis
budget reflected the most substantial change over last year's
budget. This year, $11,000 of
Board money was allocated to
pay abill incurred two years ago
to Herff-Jones, Inc., the
yearbook's publishing company.
Editor-in-ChiefEricAitken
was granted his request for an
additional $9,000 over last year's
budget. Aitken, a junior, plans
to use the extra funds "to dress
up the yearbook by adding some
pizzazz and flair to the pages."
He said that this year's Acropolis will boast a high quality embossed cover, four additional
pages, extra color pages
throughout, spot coloring, shading and the use of factory graphics. Plans to purchase a new
computer also are being discussed.
The Quaker Campus received approximately the same
Please see BUDGET pg. 4

QUAKER CAMPUS
V*vlnm«T,YYY_ Number 12 V—:^^^^^^^ ^.^.v^wwiSMcsMwa*..:.- —J December 2. 1993
Volume LXXX, Number 12
December 2,1993
MEWS
INSffiE
THE
Presidential Elections
Candidates JaMarr Brown
and Rhonda Ross discuss the
AS.W.C.Presidency, COR,
and student government in
general.
Pg-5
yiEWPOINT
Accreditation Team
Comes to Whittier
Students and faculty suggest
improvements and changes to|
the W.AS.C. Accreditation
Team.
Pg3
FEATURES
Ken Visser Resigns as Head Football
Coach, Search For Replacement Begins
Portraits From Abroad
Amy Raat's final portraits
from abroad, "The Living
Conditions of Russia."
Pg.9
A&E
Preview of One Act
A continuation ofthe one-act
play series will take place
Thurs., Fri. and Sat. at 8:00
p.m.
pg.H
SPORTS
Visser Resigns
Students speak out about
Poet Football Coach Ken
Visser decision to leave
Whittier College.
pg.16
by Vuk Milojkovic
QC Editor-in-Chief
Head football coach Ken
Visser resigned his position
yesterday and accepted the head
coaching job at Chapman
University.
Visser, who helped turn the
Poet football program around,
finished his three-year coaching
career at Whittier with a 10-17
overall record, including a 4-5
mark this season. He managed
to install a winning attitude into
his players and helped the Poets
earn respect from their
conference opponents.
President James Ash
immediately appointed a search
committee, consisting of Vice
President for Academic Affairs
LisaRossbacher.ActingDirector
of Athletics Sherry Calvert,
professor Charles Adams and
alumni Ray Dezember, Dolores
Ball, and John Ball.
The committee has been
given until the end of January to
find a replacement for Visser,
accordingto Calvert. "We will be
conducting a national search
which will include advertising
for the position in the Chronicle
of Higher Education and the
NCAA News. We hope to have a
Jenny Colvillc\QC Photo Editor
The Poets in action
list of candidates and start
interviewing people by the
beginning of the new year,"
Calvert added.
Among reasons for leaving
Whittier, Visser mentioned
Chapman's proximity to his
house, his 15-year-longfriendship
with Chapman Athletic Director,
David Currey, with whom he
coached at Cal State Long Beach,
and personal reasons which he
refused to discuss. He added that
he was excited to start a new
program at Chapman which
currently does not have a football
team.
"President Ash talked to me
and tried to get me to stay, but I
told him about the personal
reasons behind my decision and
he understood them,"Visser said.
He added that financial concerns
were not a part ofhis decision to
leave and that he would have
returned to Whittier next year
had Chapman not made the offer.
"Leaving the players was the
toughest part of my decision
because I respect them a lot. I
hope everyone understands that
I did what I had to do."
Calvert was contacted two
weeks ago by Currey, who
requested and obtained her
permission to talk to Visser.
Campos Fills Newly
Created Position
by Betsy Briggs
QC Assistant News Editor
Becky Campos was recently
hired for the newly created position of Director of Human Resources. Her main function will
be to develop and implement
programs for staff members.
This task had been overseen
in the past by the Vice President
for Business andFinance, Harold
Hewitt.
The College thought it was
necessary for Hewitt to have
someone to work on the Human
Resources and Personnel aspect,
so that more time and attention
could be devoted to improving
and enhancing some of the programs.
"For a long time, I've known
that the College has had to do
something to fund this position,"
Hewittcommented. TheStateof
California has created a host of
regulations that every employer
with 50 or more people must
comply with. Including the law
school, Whittier reaches a total
of over 350 staff and faculty members.
Hewitt clarified, That's a
sizable population to manage,
and when you are attempting to
QC File Photo
After three years at the helm of Poet football, Ken Visser
has moved on to Chapman University
Although Visser's three-year
contract with the school is about
to expire, Calvert said that
contracts are not renewed at
this time ofthe year. "There is
no reason he would not have
been offered a new one. He had
done an admirable job in
rebuilding the program,"
Calvert said.
Visser had not made his
final decision until only a few
days ago. "I wanted the team to
be the first to know. I moved
out of my office quickly because
these things need to be handled
quickly. There are a lot of
variables involved in a decision
like this. You read about coaches
moving to new jobs every day, it's
something that happens a lot
these days," Visser added.
Chapman is currently
applying to join the Southern
Californialnteroollegiate Athletic
Conference (SCIAC) in 1995.
"(Visser) brings experience of a
Division III coach which will help
us move to Div. III. He is known
as a builder of programs and he
has a wonderful respect for young
Please see VISSER pg. 7
comply with California law, it
makes the need for a professional
staff to handle Human Development clear."
Another reason for this need,
according to Hewitt, is because it
is not uncommon for persons who
are as disgruntled as employees
to sueor to createalotof potential
financial concern for the institution.
The only way to deal with
these issues responsibly, he said,
is to have an adequate employment system. "So, the primary
thing that Becky needs to do for
us, and she is fully capable of
doing for us, is to put into place
the fundamentals of an employment system," Hewitt said.
The College needs to
strengthen and update the employment structure by having all
of the positions in the organization evaluated properly and correctly valued, both in terms ofthe
job description and the compensation for the position and making sure they comply with the
California regulations, including
the Family Rights Act.
Campos will be looking at
major projects, like reviewingand
implementing the new compen-
Please see CAMPOS pg. 6
Publications Board
Budgets Approved
by Marcy Holmer
QC Staff Writer
At last week's Publication Board meeting, members
approved almost $65,000 to
fund the campus publications
for the '93-94 school year.
An increase in enrollment
and a slight raise in Student
Activities fees resulted in the
addition of almost $22,000 to
the Publication Board's budget. A percentage of the $88
fee paid by every student is
allocated for use by the Publication Board. The funds are
then distributed into accounts
for each member publication,
which include the Acropolis,
the Quaker Campus, and the
Literary Review.
"Although the Student
Activities fees allocated for
Publication Board use substantially increased this year
with the jump in students,
the increases in budgets reflects the same jump. There
are now more students for the
Board to serve, therefore the
budgets had to increase to
accommodate their needs,"
said senior Stavros
Akrotirianakis, the Publication
Board chair.
Under his direction, the
Board deliberated for two days
before offering approval for the
members'newitemizedbudgets.
Dollarwise, the Acropolis
budget reflected the most substantial change over last year's
budget. This year, $11,000 of
Board money was allocated to
pay abill incurred two years ago
to Herff-Jones, Inc., the
yearbook's publishing company.
Editor-in-ChiefEricAitken
was granted his request for an
additional $9,000 over last year's
budget. Aitken, a junior, plans
to use the extra funds "to dress
up the yearbook by adding some
pizzazz and flair to the pages."
He said that this year's Acropolis will boast a high quality embossed cover, four additional
pages, extra color pages
throughout, spot coloring, shading and the use of factory graphics. Plans to purchase a new
computer also are being discussed.
The Quaker Campus received approximately the same
Please see BUDGET pg. 4